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3 days ago · SNCF and SNCB have launched a new Ouigo Classic service between Paris and Brussels, while SNCB and NS have upgraded the Brussels - Amsterdam conventional service.
Mixed outlook for North American rail freight in 2024
Aug 29, 2024 · NEVER forget that freight moved by any mode is a “derived market demand” signalling business change between shippers and receivers. The share that the railways earn is a function of their ability to deliver reliable service at a reasonable price, compared mostly with truck and river barge competition.
Full speed ahead for Chinese high-speed rail
Feb 9, 2024 · DESPITE slower than expected economic growth, with the rise in GDP forecast to dip below 5% this year, and the long-lasting effects of Covid-19, China’s programme to develop a comprehensive nationwide network of high-speed lines, connecting all major population centres, with trains designed for ever-higher speeds, continues apace, with over 2100 route-km completed on eight projects in 2023 ...
Etihad Rail forges ahead with Phase 2 of UAE National Rail Network
Oct 29, 2024 · Etihad Rail is moving construction ahead at an accelerated pace with 75% of the 1200km Phase 2 of the UAE’s national railway network now complete.
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Editorial IRJ was launched in 1960 and started monthly publication in January 1961 as the world's first globally-distributed magazine for the railway industry. IRJ is written for senior managers and engineers of the world's railways and transit systems, ministers of transport, manufacturers, railway planners, and consultants. IRJ is produced by a well-respected team of journalists and ...
Implementing the CPKC merger - International Railway Journal
Aug 29, 2024 · APRIL 14 marked a pivotal moment in North American Class 1 history. The driving of a ceremonial last spike in Kansas City, Missouri, marked the merger of Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) into Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), the first single-line, transnational railway connecting Canada, the United States and Mexico. It was also a milestone in the process to combine the ...
Battery technology charges forward - International Railway Journal
Aug 26, 2024 · Neil Bates, design director with British train manufacturer Vivarail, explains how battery trains combined with new fast charging technology can provide an alternative to full-scale electrification on secondary lines and thereby save money while cutting CO₂ emissions.
The drive for interconnected railways in East Africa
Oct 15, 2024 · THE East African Community (EAC) has devised a series of multimodal transport corridors intended to improve connectivity across the region’s six partner states, stretching from South Sudan in the north to Uganda and Kenya, Rwanda …
A fresh start for Transnet - International Railway Journal
Oct 11, 2024 · THERE is no doubt that the international community is closely observing South Africa’s freight transport crisis, and especially national operator Transnet, and wondering what exactly is happening.